Window-sash holder



Aug. 14. 1928. 1,680,786

L. H. HOOD ET AL v WINDOW SASH HOLDER Filed Nov. 22, 1924 ATTORNEY4Patented Aug. 14, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs.

LUTHER H. HOOD AND JACOB J. CULWELL, OI HOUSTON, TEXAS.

wnmow-sasn HOLDER.

Application filed November 22, 1924. Serial No. 751,646.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a window sashholder.

One object of the invention is to provide a window sash holder whichwill permit the sash to be readily moved up or down and yet which willhold the sash securely at any desired point.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sash holder which isvery simple in form and may be very cheaply produced and easily applied.

With the above and other objects in view the invention has particularrelation to certain novel features of construction, operation andarrangement of parts an example of which is given in this specificationand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, where- 1n Figure 1 shows afront elevation of a window sash mounted in the frame and shown partlyin section with the sash holder a plied.

Figure 2 shows a top plan view of the sash partly in section with thewindow frame, or casing shown in section.

Figure 3 shows a plan view of the holder, and

Figure 4 shows an edge view thereof.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals ofreference designates similar parts in each of the figures, the numeral 1designates the window sash which is mounted in the casing 2. This sashruns in the side grooves 33, of the casing in the usual wag.

The holder is forme of an elongated strip of flexiblematerial as 4. Thisstrip of material has a centrally located transverse crease forming acorrugation or projection 5, and with the exception of said projectionpresents substantially an arcuate contour with its ends slightly curvedoutwardly or reversely with respect to the general arcuate contour ofthe hglder. One side of the sash has a transverse notch as 6 formingaseat 'to receive the projection 5.

The holder is mounted in one of the grooves 3, as shown in Figure 4 withits projection 5 seated in the seat 6, and with its curved ends restingagainst the opposing bottom of the grooves 3. It is thus confined togroove 3 and requires no fastening to hold it in la"'e and it is formedof material having su cient strength to hold the sash in place and ofsuflicient flexibility to permit the sash to move up or down.

What we claim is 1. A sash holder formed of a strip of flexible materialsubstantially arcuate in contour and whose ends are free and curvedslightly outwardly, or reversely with respect to the general arcuatecontour of the holder thus forming end bearing faces, said holder havinga central transverse crease forming a projection on the side of theholder opposite from said faces. v

2. The combination with a window easing having vertical side tracks, asash movable in said tracks, said sash having a transverse side notch,of a sash holder formed of a strip of flexible material substantiallyarcuate in contour and whose ends are free and slightly curved reverselywith respect to the general arcuate contour of the holder thus formingend faces ada ted to slide along one of said tracks, said older having acentral transverse crease forming a pro-- jection on the opposite sideof the holder from said faces said projection fitting into said notch toeffect the movement of the holder with the sash along the adjacenttrack.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification.

LUTHER H. HOOD. JACOB J. CULWELL.

